Extraction of spectral functions from Dyson-Schwinger studies via the maximum entropy method

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Abstract: It is shown how to apply the Maximum Entropy Method (MEM) to numerical Dyson-Schwinger studies for the extraction of spectral functions of correlators from their corresponding Euclidean propagators. Differences to the application in lattice QCD are emphasized and, as an example, the spectral functions of massless quarks in cold and dense matter are presented.


\(S(\vec{\mathfrak p},p_4)=\int_{(-\infty,\infty)}[\rho(\omega,\vec {\mathfrak p})/\{2\pi(-ip_4+\mu-\omega)\}]\,d\omega\) is given as a Dirac fermion propagator with the spectral function \(\rho\). Take the data \(D (p_4)\) (related to the current-current correlator) with errors \(\sigma (p_4)\) on \([a,b]\), and choose a prior estimate \(m(\omega)\) on \(I= [\omega_1,\omega_2]\). The author considers the plausibility functional \(P[\rho|DH(m)]\propto P[D|\rho H(m)]P[\rho|H(m)]\), and aims to determine the most plausible spectral function \(\rho_{\text{MEM}}\). \(P[D|\rho H(m)]=\exp(-L[\rho])\) and \(P[\rho|H(m)]=\int_{[0,\infty)} P[\rho|H(\alpha m)]P [\alpha|H(m)]\,d\alpha\). Here \(\alpha\) is the scaling factor satisfying \[ P[\rho|H (\alpha m)]=\exp(\alpha S[\rho]),\quad S[\rho] \simeq\sum_i\Delta(\omega_i(\rho_i-m_i-\rho_i\ln(\rho_i/m_i)). \] (I) Determine the maximum \(\rho_\alpha\) of the functional \(Q[\rho]=\alpha S[\rho]-L[\rho]\) for a fixed \(\alpha\). (II) \(P [\alpha|DH(m)]=\int{\mathcal D}\rho\exp(Q[\rho])/Z\), \({\mathcal D}\rho\simeq d\alpha \Pi_id(2\alpha \Delta\omega_1\rho_i/\pi)^{1/2}\). Calculate \(\rho_{\text{MEM}}= \int_{[0,\infty)}\rho_\alpha P[\alpha|DH(m)]\,d\alpha\), \(\langle \rho_{\text{MEM}} \rangle_1\) for \(\langle\rho_\alpha\rangle_1=\int_1 \rho_\alpha(\omega)d\omega/(\omega_2-\omega_1)\), and \(\langle (\delta\rho_{\text{MEM}})^2\rangle_1\). Spectral functions of quarks in cold dense matter are treated numerically. Differences to the application in lattice QCD are emphasized.











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